Senior Officer - Payments Sanctions Monitoring - Part time (Emiratization)

Senior Officer – Payments Sanctions Monitoring (Part‑time, Emiratization)

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Employment Type: Part‑time.

Job Purpose

Support the Sanctions Compliance Monitoring Program for the bank, ensuring adherence to the bank’s policies and regulatory guidelines related to sanctions screening and other monitoring requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Investigate and clear payments screening alerts, recording rationale for clearance for clients across UAE and international geographies.
• Escalate cases not cleared to relevant risk & control alert management units within the organization.
• Gather supporting information from internal and external databases based on global standard process.
• Conduct enhanced due diligence investigations in support of policies and procedures.
• Search, gather data and record evidence from internal systems, the internet and inquiries with business units within the organization.
• Record and retain alerts and cases in line with record‑keeping requirements of respective jurisdictions.
• Build and apply knowledge of sanctions and anti‑money laundering processes.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvements to sanctions payment screening related systems, processes and practices based on risks and control deficiencies identified.
• Recommend, initiate and implement optimizations to screening methodologies and parameters in order to maximize cost efficiency and effectiveness of FAB’s regulatory compliance locally and across all jurisdictions where FAB operates.

Other Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of Internal Audit, Regulatory Compliance and Group Compliance SLOD recommendations for findings pertaining to sanctions payment screening.
• Responsible for monitoring and supporting timely implementation of compliance systems projects applicable to domain.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in management, banking, finance, preferably with certification in compliance, transaction monitoring/sanctions screening, KYC/AML/CFT, financial crime or risk management.

Technical Competencies / Experience

• Preferably 1 year of experience in a reputed bank, preferably in a compliance role.
• Fair knowledge and capabilities to decipher sanctions and AML/CTF regulations for global regimes.
• Excellent communication skills, written and spoken.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.